Pad for trusses.



PATENTED OCT. 22. 1907.

J. M. OULLIS.

PAD FOR TRUSSES. .grrmonmn FILED mm 12, 1906.

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JOHN M. OULLIS, OF YONKERS, NEW YORK.

PAD FOR TRUSSES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 22, 1907.

Application filed June 12,1906- Serial No. 821,316-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN M. OULLIs, a citizen of the United States, residing at No. 39 Main street, in the city of Yonkers, county of Westchester, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Pads for Trusses, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and effective pad for a truss which can be readily adjusted in the proper position, can be worn with comfort, and which, when adjusted on the person of the wearer, is not likely to be shifted or moved about.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a truss with my improved pad attached in position. Fig. 2 is the rear view of my improved pad. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of my improved pad, partly in section. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a truss with my improved pad attached, the spring of the truss being shown as passing horizontally about the person of the wearer instead of being crossed over the hip as shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a rear view of a modification of my improved pad.

' Similar figures of reference refer to similar parts through the accompanying drawings.

1 is the truss spring, which is designed to hold the pad in position. I prefer to form this spring of round wire so that it can be easily bent into any desired form to conform to the outlines of the body.

2 is the front pad, which, as here shown, is formed by coiling the wire into a spiral form, and covering the same with leather or other suitable material.

3 is the rear pad, which is formed by bending the wire into the form of a circular ring 4. To this ring is attached by means of the clips 5 a disk of metal 6, having a circular opening in the center. To the metal disk 6 is attached, preferably by cementing it thereto, a circular or disk shaped pad of felt 7, the central portion of which is cut away. Theface of the pad is surrounded by a cover 8 of leather, or other suitable material, which I have here shown as secured by means of a puckering string 9.

The pad which I have described is designed to rest upon the hip of the wearer, and offers to the person of the wearer a soft yielding surface so that it can be worn without discomfort. The center of the felt pad being cut away, the leather at the center of the pad becomes slightly depressed and assumesa cup shape form, and as in use it rests upon the large muscles of the hip, it can be worn without any discomfort whatever, and is firmly secured in place by the air suction caused by the cup shape form assumed by the covering of the pad, so that it is not easily moved out of position, and as the ring 4 of the pad is integral with the truss spring, and the truss spring can be bent and set in any desired position, the pad of the truss will always assume the same position relative to the truss spring.

In Fig. 5, I have shown a modification of my improved pad, in which the opening in the central portion of the metal plate and the pad of yielding material is longer in one direction than in the other. This form of pad possesses some advantage over that shown in Fig. 2 in thatwhen in use the pressure of the pad causes the flesh to rise and partially fill the opening in the pad,

' and as this opening is longer in one direction than in the other, the pad is more securely held in position, as it cannot be readily turned.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A truss pad consisting of a metal ring formed in tegral with the truss spring, a metal plate secured thereto,

a pad of yielding material secured to the metal plate having the central portion cut away and an envelop or covering' therefor substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. A truss pad consisting of a metal ring formed integral with the truss spring, a metal plate having its central portion cut away secured thereto, a pad of yielding material having its central portion cut away secured to the metal plate, and an envelop or covering therefor, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York, and State of New York, this 1st day of June, A. D. 1906. 

